Batts v. Scott
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. C. B. Sabin. The material facts are stated in the opinion of the court. McNeil and wife both died previous to the adoption of the Constitution of 1869, and while the value of an urban homestead was limited to two thousand dollars.
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Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. C. B. Sabin. The material facts are stated in the opinion of the court. McNeil and wife both died previous to the adoption of the Constitution of 1869, and while the value of an urban homestead was limited to two thousand dollars. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the appellees, and specially in favor of Mrs. Hammett against Bowles and Batts & Dean, the plaintiffs; and the court below adjudged that the plaintiffs had no claims whatever against the property. Ablé briefs were filed in this court by the counsel of the several parties…
1Opinion of the CourtOgden, J.
Batts & Dean and O. P. Bowles instituted separate suits against the same defendants in the Galveston district court, for the foreclosure of separate deeds of trust upon the same fractional portion of a lot of land in Galveston city, and by agreement of all parties, the two causes were consolidated into one, and were thereafter treated as one suit. A trial was had, and a verdict and judgmeht were rendered against the plaintiffs below, and they have appealed.
The errors assigned have reference to the rulings of the court on the trial and the charges given to the jury, and it is claimed that…
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